Sometimes I wonder if anyone ever goes more than a few days without something somewhere breaking. Usually it's small things that we can almost ignore, I think, but the medium and large issues seem to cluster up and hit all at once.
K's car required some work (issue 1), so yesterday I drove it to our Polish friend who's also a mechanic. He lives in the north of the county, right off the rails-to-trail project that runs through the county, so I usually drive the car up there and ride my bike back.
But issues never come alone: they always bring company. On the way back, I got a flat (issue 2). In the same tire that I'd just repaired. Or didn't repair -- what's the difference?
But issues never come alone: they always bring company. The ramp to Papa's room (it will always be "Papa's room") needs to be repainted (issue 3), which means it needs to be cleaned, which E remedied this morning. Upon returning home from Lowe's with the appropriate paint, I noticed a bit of wood sticking up from one of the knot holes. I bent down and dug it out with my finger only to discover that the entire knot hole had somehow rotted out.
Which meant I had to get a new 1x6 to replace it. Which meant a trip to Lowe's. Which is where we had just been.
Fixing the board was one of those projects for which the prep and cleanup took longer than the actual project.
But issues never come alone: they always bring company. While I working on this, L returned and informed me that her car stalled three times while driving home.
"And there's a weird emoji on the dash," she said.
"Probably the 'check engine' light," I thought.
I checked; indeed, I was right. I cranked the car. It started stalling immediately. It was as if it weren't getting enough fuel. Fuel pump? Clogged fuel filter? Not sure -- and of course I couldn't find the error reader that would have given me a little more information on the nebulous "check engine" light.
